Medici®
DISTINCTIVE POLISHED MASONRY WITH A STRIKINGLY BOLD APPEAL
For over 15 years, Medici has been setting the standards for
polished masonry in the UK. Combining rich blends of painstakingly
selected natural aggregates with a highly polished face in a range
of elegant colour variations, successfully replicating the rich
texture of marble or granite and enabling you to create the
structure and a prestige finish in one.
Now, through innovations in the production process, the NEW Medici
has even more to offer, proving that although you can't get better
than the best, you can make the best even better. For the NEW
Medici is manufactured by a wet-cast, as opposed to a semi-dry
process and this creates additional benefits.
Forticrete also has the capability to create bespoke precast
components to complement the standard Medici range.
For sales enquiries please contact our Thornley Customer Service office.
Additional Information
Forticrete's Design and Sitework guides provide a comprehensive tool to assist both the designer and end user with the information needed to create impressive buildings.
As a quick reference useful sections from these guides can be downloaded below, as an alternative to the full guides (listed on the document tab).
- Design - Modular Design
- Design - Movement Control
- Design - Fixing and Detailing
- Design - Fire Resistance
- Sitework - Cleaning Procedures
- Sitework - Site Preparation
Mean CompressiveStrength (Air Dry): Solid: 35 N/mm²
Net Dry Density: 2400 kg/m³
Gross Dry Density: 2300 kg/m³
Manufacturing Tolerance: D1
length +2,-2mm
width +1,-3mm
height +2,-2mm
Catergory: I
Thermal Properties: as CIBSE Guide A table
3.1:
Protected: 1.75 W/mK
Exposed: 1.87 W/mK
Durability: see table 12: BS 5628-3:2005
Water Absorption: <15 g/m²/s0.5
Moisture Movement: <0.25mm/m
Water Vapour Permeability (tabulated from EN 1745): 50/150µ
Reaction to Fire: Euroclass A1
Shear Bond Strength:
(tabulated from EN
998-2:2003 Annex C)
0.15 N/mm²
Configuration: to EN 1996-1-1:
Group 1
Air Leakage: <1.03m³/hr/m²
Medici is manufactured from a carefully controlled mixture of aggregates and cement in accordance with BS EN 771-3:2003 'Specification for masonry units' and meets the statutory requirements of the relevant sections of The Building Regulations 2000 and The Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (amended 2001).
NOTE: the shaded grey area denotes the polished surface as standard. Other surfaces may be polished to order. Additional requirements for polishing should be indicated on the architects drawing. Medici units are polished following cutting in the factory and should not be cut on-site. Non-standard lengths can be supplied pre-cut and polished to order. The thicknesses indicated are nominal, as actual thicknesses will be reduced by approximately 2mm during polishing or burnishing.
*The G1 unit has frogs on both top and bottom faces to assist in weight reduction
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Medici NBS (73 KB) | Click here to download |
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Masonry Design Guide (1615 KB) | Click here to download |
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Masonry Sitework Guide (1085 KB) | Click here to download |
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New Medici Brochure (657 KB) | Click here to download |
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COSHH Data Sheet - Masonry - Aug 2007 (43 KB) | Click here to download |
